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Breakfast

Radio 3's breakfast show, waking the UK up with the finest classical music in the best performances

Breakfast: Sara Mohr-Pietsch

19/12/2008

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

BBC Radio 3 - Breakfast, Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music by Sullivan, Purcell, Sor, Liszt, Vivaldi and Poulenc.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including Sullivan: Overture di ballo. Purcell: Now that the sun hath veiled his light. Sor: Introduction and Variations on Mozart's O cara armonia.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

07:03

SULLIVAN
Overture di ballo
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Adrian Boult (conductor)
CHESKY CD53   T4


07:14

STRAUSS
Morgen, Op.27 No.3
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Madeleine Mitchell (violin)
Andrew Ball (piano)
DDA 25063   T23


07:20

BACH arr. Rummel
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67481 CD1 T5


07:26

SIBELIUS
Valse romantique, Op.62b
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
DG 477 6654   CD7 T6


07:32

MOZART
Chamber Sonata in C major, K.328
London Baroque
Charles Medlam (director)
HMG 501137   T8


07:37

BILLINGS
Methinks I see an heav'nly host
Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott (conductor)
EMI CDC7 54529-2  T1


07:41

ROSSINI
Pas de deux (William Tell)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 470 298-2   T6


07:50

PURCELL
Now that the sun hath veiled his light
Chanticleer
Francoise Johannel (harp)
Susie Napper (viola da gamba)
Olivier Fortin (organ)
Skip Sempe (director)
TELDEC 2564 60290-2   T6


07:54

SAINT-SAENS
Cavatine
Christian Lindberg (trombone)
Roland Pontinen (piano)
BIS CD 638   T2


08:04

BACH
Bourree I/II; Gigue (English Suite No.2 in A minor, BWV.807)
Martha Argerich (piano)
DG 423 880-2	   T12-13


08:12

SUPPE
Overture (Light Cavalry)
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 475 7930   CD1 T3


08:19

SOR
Introduction and variations on Mozart's 'O cara armonia'
Timothy Walker (guitar)
CICD 1013   T17


08:32

LISZT
Mephisto waltz no. 1
Jorge Bolet (piano)
DECCA 467 801-2   CD1 T3


08:44

MOZART
Divertimento in F K138
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (conductor)
ERATO 2292 45471-2  T7 - 9


08:59

VERDI
Come in quest'ora bruna (Simon Boccanegra)
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikko Franck (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 1126-2   T7


09:05

BORODIN
Nocturne (String Quartet No.2)
The Borodin Quartet
EMI  CDC7 47795-2   T7


09:14

VIVALDI
Cessate omai cessate - cantata (RV.684)
Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)
Ensemble 415
Chiara Banchini (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 2901571   T4-7


09:27

KREISLER
Tambourin chinois
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Itamar Golan (piano)
TELDEC 9031 77351-2   T8


09:34

POULENC
Concerto for piano and orchestra
Pacal Roge (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 475 8454   CD1 T1-3


09:54

TRAD. FRENCH
Picardy
David Rees-Williams Trio.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch . Including Bach Dances at 8.00. Music includes: 
7.00-8.30: Sullivan Overture di Ballo 
Purcell Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light Sor Introduction and Variations on Mozart's 0 Cara Armonia 
8.30-10.00: Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1 Vivaldi Cessate Omai Cessate Poulenc Piano Concerto

Classical Collection

Programme presenting a sequence of great music in classic recordings

Classical Collection: James Jolly

James Jolly

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, James Jolly

James Jolly presents music by Shostakovich, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Tippett and Poulenc.

With James Jolly. Including Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1. Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (conclusion). Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead. Tippett: Piano Sonata No 1.

With James Jolly.

10.00am
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 35
Martha Argerich (piano)
Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)

10.22am
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (conclusion)
Dorothea Roschmann (soprano)
Christoph Strehl (tenor)
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

10.37am
Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead, Op 29
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

10.59am
Tippett: Piano Sonata No 1
Steven Osborne (piano)

11.20am
Haas: String Quartet in C sharp minor
Pavel Haas Quartet

11.35am
Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

11.46am
Arturo Marquez: Danzon No 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor).

With James Jolly. 
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 1 
Martha Argerich (piano), Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Orchestra della Svizzera Italians, conductor Alexander Vedernikov 
10.22 Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri (excerpt) Dorothea Roschmann (soprano), Christoph Strehl (tenor), Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt 
10.37 Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead, Op 29 
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda 
10.59 Tippett Piano Sonata No 1 Steven Osborne 
11.20 Haas String Quartet in C sharp minor Pavel Haas Quartet 
1135 Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le Temps deNoel Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton 
11.46 Arturo Marquez Danzon No 2 
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, conductor Gustavo Dudamel

Composer of the Week

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: The Neapolitan Golden Age

Composer of the Week: The Neapolitan Golden Age: Episode 5

Episode 5

The Neapolitan Golden Age

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, The Neapolitan Golden Age, Episode 5

Donald Macleod explores music by the prolific but unfortunate Domenico Cimarosa.

Donald Macleod explores music by the prolific but unfortunate Domenico Cimarosa, who overcame poverty to establish an international opera career.

Donald Macleod explores music by the prolific but unfortunate Domenico Cimarosa, who lost his father to a building accident in childhood, and had to overcome poverty to establish an international opera career, ended by political wrangling which saw him go into hiding fearing for his life.

Cimarosa: Overture (L'impresario in angustie)
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Alessandro Amoretti (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570508 - Tr 12

Cimarosa: Deh, parlate (Il Sacrificio d'Abramo)
Amanda Roocroft (soprano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI CDC5553962 - Tr 7

Cimarosa: Sequentia (Requiem)
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Birgit Finnila (contralto)
Montreux Festival Chorus
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Vittorio Negri (conductor)
PHILIPS 422 489-2 - Tr 2

Traetta: Festa che termina lo spettacolo (Antigona)
Maria Bayo (Antigona)
Anna Maria Panzarella (Ismene)
Carlo Vincenzo Allemano (Creonte)
Laura Polverelli (Emmone)
Gilles Ragon (Adrasto)
Accentus Chamber Choir
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (director)
DECCA 460 205-2 CD2 - Trs 28 to end

Pergolesi: Salve regina in A minor
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (director)
DECCA 4661342 - Trs 18-21.

Donald Macleod explores the music of Neapolitan composers of the 17th and 18th centuries

Donald Macleod explores the remarkable music of the Neapolitan school of composers of the 17th and 18th centuries

Composers of the Week:the Neapolitan Golden Age

5/5. Donald Macleod recalls the life of Domenico Cimarosa , who lost his father in childhood and had to overcome poverty to establish his opera career. Cimarosa Overture: L'lmpresario in Angustie Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Alessandro Amoretti Deh, Parlate (II Sacrifico d'Abramo) 
Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Academy of St 
Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner 
Sequentia (Requiem) Elly Ameling (soprano), Birgit Finnila (mezzo), Montreux Festival Chorus, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Vittorio Negri 
Traetta Fesfa Che Termina to Spettacolo (Antigona)  
Accentus Chamber Choir, Les Talens Lyriques, director Christophe Rousset 
Pergolesi Salve Regina in A minor 
Barbara Bonney (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, director Christophe Rousset Repeated at ropm

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: LSO St Luke's Brahms Series

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: LSO St Luke's Brahms Series: Episode 4

Episode 4

LSO St Luke's Brahms Series

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, LSO St Luke's Brahms Series, Episode 4Close menu

Maxim Rysanov (viola), Karen Cargill (mezzo) and Katya Apekisheva (piano) in Brahms.

LSO St Luke's Brahms Series: Penny Gore presents Maxim Rysanov (viola), Karen Cargill (mezzo) and Katya Apekisheva (piano) in a programme of Brahms including two violin sonatas.

Penny Gore presents an all-Brahms concert given by Maxim Rysanov (viola), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) and Katya Apekisheva (piano).

Brahms: Violin Sonata in G, Op 78 No 1 (arr. Klengel/Rysanov for viola); Two Songs for alto, viola and piano, Op 91; Viola Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1.

Series of pieces by Brahms performed at LSO St Luke's in London

Afternoon on 3 With Penny Gore.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 
From the LSO St Luke's Brahms series. 
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Katya Apekisheva (piano) 
Brahms Violin Sonata in G, Op 78 No 1 (arr for viola Klengel/Rysanov); Two Songs, Op 91; Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1 
2.00 Johannes Brahms 
Featuring performances by the Ulster Orchestra. Weber Overture: Oberon Conductor Christian Gansch Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Jennifer Pike , conductor David Angus Chopin Piano Sonata No 1 in C minor Alexander Slobodyanik 
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation) Conductor David Hill 
Schumann Marchenbilder , Op 113 
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Markus Hadulla (piano) Dvorak Czech Suite Conductor Christian Gansch Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor Conductor Thierry Fischer

Afternoon Concert

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3: Brahms

Afternoon Concert: Brahms: Episode 5: Brahms - Episode 5

Episode 5: Brahms - Episode 5

Brahms

Brahms - Episode 5

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Brahms, Brahms - Episode 5

With Penny Gore. BBC orchestras and soloists perform works by Weber, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Dvorak and Brahms.

Presented by Penny Gore.

2.00pm
Weber: Overture (Oberon)
Ulster Orchestra
Christian Gansch (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Jennifer Pike (violin)
Ulster Orchestra
David Angus (conductor)

Chopin: Piano Sonata No 1
Alexander Slobodyanik (piano)

2.50pm
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 (Reformation)
Ulster Orchestra
David Hill (conductor)

Schumann: Marchenbilder, Op 113
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Markus Hadulla (piano)

3.35pm
Dvorak: Czech Suite
Ulster Orchestra
Christian Gansch (conductor)

Brahms: Symphony No 4
Ulster Orchestra
Thierry Fischer (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Brahms

BBC orchestras perform symphonies, choral and orchestral works

BBC orchestras perform symphonies, choral and orchestral works by Brahms, alongside works by his musical colleagues, forebears and descendants

In Tune

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians. If it's happening in the world of music, you'll hear it first on In Tune.

In Tune: 19/12/2008

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, 19/12/2008

Presented by Sean Rafferty. A festive edition from the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House

Presented by Sean Rafferty. A festive edition from the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House, London. With pianist Peter Donohoe, the Brodsky Quartet and the Dufay Collective.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.

A festive edition from the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House, London. Featuring seasonal music from pianist Peter Donohoe, the Brodsky Quartet, the Dufay Collective, Kit and the Widow, and soprano Elizabeth Watts with pianist Roger Vignoles.

Plus actor John Sessions reading a selection of Christmas texts.

17:03
LIVE
Anon. C17
To Drive The Cold Winter Away 
The Dufay Collective
3’54

17:10
LIVE
BACH
Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D BWV.874
Peter Donohoe (piano)
5’54

17:18
LIVE
MESSIAEN
Vingt Regards (Noel)
Peter Donohoe (piano)
4’34

17:27
LIVE
PURCELL
Chacony 
Brodsky Quartet
6’13

17:34
LIVE
HEAD 
The Little Road to Bethlehem
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
2’54

17:37
LIVE
HOWELLS 
Come sing and dance
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
3’46

17:43
LIVE
SCHUBERT
Die Forelle
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
2’06

17:54
LIVE
HENRY VIII
Grene Growith The Holy
The Dufay Collective
4’08

18:07
LIVE
Norwegians on the London Underground
Kit and the Widow
3’10

18:12
LIVE
Carols Medley (Gordon – Walking in the Air – Ding Dong Merrily)
Kit and the Widow
4’06

18:20
LIVE
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet No.11, Op.122 in F minor
Brodsky Quartet
17’24

18:43
MEL TORMÉ and BOB WELLS 
The Christmas Song (1944)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
3’06

18 :47
LIVE
LISZT
Les Jeux d’eau a la villa d’este	
Peter Donohoe (piano)
6’26

18:55
LIVE
ANON C17
Blessed be that Maid Marie
The Dufay Collective
2’26

A Christmas special presented by Sean Rafferty live from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House in London. Guests include soprano Elizabeth Watts.

Performance on 3

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Performance on 3: Elliott Carter Centenary Concert

Elliott Carter Centenary Concert

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Elliott Carter Centenary Concert

Suzy Klein introduces a concert by the BBC SO to mark Elliott Carter's 100th birthday.

Suzy Klein introduces Oliver Knussen conducting the BBC SO to mark Elliott Carter's 100th birthday. Including concertos for horn and cello, and the UK premiere of Wind Rose.

Suzy Klein introduces Oliver Knussen conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert given to mark the 100th birthday of Elliott Carter, who was born on 11 December 1908.

Carter was initially encouraged to become a composer by Charles Ives, who had sold insurance to his parents, and since the 1940s his influence as composer, writer and teacher has spanned the globe. He is still writing now and has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Knussen and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Anssi Karttunen (cello)
Martin Owen (french horn)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Carter: Sound Fields (UK premiere); Cello Concerto; Wind Rose (BBC commission; world premiere); Mad Regales (UK premiere); Horn Concerto; Boston Concerto

Followed by seasonal music for Advent from the BBC Singers. Including Praetorius: Magnificat.

PRAETORIUS, Hieronymus: Magnificat on the 4th tone for a capella choir   
BBC SINGERS 
Andrew CARWOOD - Director  
Duration: 10:50 

PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Canite tuba - motet for 5 voices [1572]  
BBC SINGERS
Andrew CARWOOD - Director  
Duration: 3:32 
Recorded at St Giles Cripplegate 24/11/05  

PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Creator alme siderum - hymn for 4 voices  
BBC SINGERS
Andrew CARWOOD - Director  
Duration:  4:00 
Recorded at St Giles Cripplegate 24/11/05  

CHILCOTT, Bob: Advent antiphons for a capella choir  
BBC SINGERS
Bob CHILCOTT - Conductor  
Duration:  7:28      
Recorded at St Paul's Knightsbridge 4/3/05

MACMILLAN, James: Seinte Mari Moder Milde for choir   
KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CHOIR
Stephen CLEOBURY - Conductor  
Duration: 7:28 
EMI 5580702 2/2  

WOOLRICH, John: Spring in winter   
KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CHOIR
Stephen CLEOBURY - Conductor  
Duration: 2:14 
EMI 5580702 2/4

A concert marking the 100th birthday of Elliott Carter. Presented by Suzy Klein. 
Anssi Karttunen (cello), Martin Owen (horn), 
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Oliver Knussen Elliott Carter Sound Field (first UK performance); Cello Concerto; Wind Rose (BBC commission, first performance); Mad Regales (first UK performance); Horn Concerto; Boston Concerto

The Verb

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance

The Verb: 19/12/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, 19/12/2008

Featuring a new Christmas commission by poet Kenneth Steven - a lament for snow.

Ian McMillan presents a new Christmas-themed work written by poet Kenneth Steven, lamenting the lost snow of white Christmases past. Plus French pop duo Herman Dune.

Ian McMillan's weekly cabaret of language includes poet Kenneth Steven, who was written a brand new poem for the programme, lamenting the vanished snow of Christmases past.

Plus French singer-songwriters Herman Dune discussing their unique brand of Leonard Cohen-influenced pop.

Ian McMillan 's guests include poet 
Kenneth Steven , who has written a new poem especially for the programme. Producer Laura Thomas

Composers of the Week

The Essay

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: On Excess

The Essay: On Excess: Episode 5: The Rule of Not Too Much

Episode 5: The Rule of Not Too Much

On Excess

The Rule of Not Too Much

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, On Excess, The Rule of Not Too Much

Leading psychotherapist Adam Phillips discusses excessive religious belief.

Psychotherapist Adam Phillips discusses excessive religious belief and what makes us think a belief is extreme. Is it excessive to kill for one's most profoundly held beliefs?

Psychotherapist Adam Phillips considers what part aspects of excess play in our lives

Leading psychotherapist Adam Phillips considers what part various aspects of excess play in our lives and how we may recognise and define them

On Excess 
5/5. The Rule of Not Too Much. Psychotherapist Adam Phillips looks at religious convictions. <R)

World on 3

Radio 3's world music programme, with new CDs and studio sessions

World on 3: 19/12/2008

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, 19/12/2008

Mary Ann Kennedy presens new CDs of world music and a session with Afrobeat star Seun Kuti

Mary Ann Kennedy presents new world music CDs, including a studio session with Nigerian Afrobeat star Seun Kuti, son of Fela Kuti, performing with his late father's band Egypt 80.

Mary Ann Kennedy presents sounds from across the globe, including a studio session with the new voice of Nigerian Afrobeat Seun Kuti, the youngest son of Fela Kuti, performing with his late father's band Egypt 80.

World on 3

Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy
Produced by Roger Short

Tel 020 7765 4661
Fax 020 7765 5052 
e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk

Friday 19th December

Seeger: Now we sit us down
Pete Seeger
Album: Pete Seeger at 89
Appressed Recordings APRCD1113

B.B. King: Christmas Celebration
BB King
Album: A Jazz & Blues Christmas
Putumayo PUT 285-2

Trad: John the Revelator
Son House
Album: Beginners Guide to Blues Music
Nascente NSBOX031

Efren Lopez: Lluna
Al Andaluz Project
Album: Deus et Diabolus
Galileo GNC026

Ridel/Attard: La Chaple
Moussu T el Lei Jovents
Album: Home sweet home
Le chant du Monde CDM 127


Seun Kuti Studio Session

Oyinade Adeniran (tenor sax) 
Bolande Kamson (singer/dancer) 
Ajayi Raimi Adebiyi (drummer) 
Kola Onasanya (giant konga) 
Kunle Justice (bassist) 
Alade Oluwagbemiga (guitarist) 
Adedimeji Fagbemi (baritone sax) 
Seun Anikulapo Kuti (lead vocalist) 
Emmanuel Kunnuji (trumpet) 
Wale Toriola (percussions) 
David Obanyedo (guitarist) 
Omawunmi Richard (singer) 
Tajudeen Animasahun (Baba Ani/keyboard) 
Iyabo Adeniran (singer) 
Olugbade Okunade (trumpeter) 
Moturayo Anikulapo Juti (singer)

Kuti: Think Africa
Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, December 2008 

Kuti: Many Things
Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, December 2008 

Anon: Rwakanembe
Nyoro Royal horn Ensemble
Royal Court Music from Uganda 1950 & ‘52
SWP Records SWP008

David Greely/Jean Arceneaux: Tiens bon/Hold on
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Album: The Best of Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Rounder ROUN6117

Moriarty: Jimmy
Moriarty
EP: Jimmy
Naïve/Kartel NV812172

Wadi El Safi/Maroun Karam: Tawassim Qanun/Ya Bayli Ya Boytati
Essa Awad; Lubna Salamo; The Arab Orchestra of Nazareth
Album: Live in Nazareth
Magda Ethnic MGD041

Galant Tu Perds Ton Temps: Quand j’étais fille à marier
Galant Tu Perds Ton Temps
Album: Par un dimanche au Soir
Folquebec FOLQ2008

Trad: Reel
Ross Ainslie; Matheu Watson
Album: Live Piping Concert From Ceolas - Oirfeid Uibhist

Green/Somerville/Sutherland: Polkska
Box Club
Album: Box Club
Box Club Records Boxclubcd1

Kuti: African Problems
Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, December 2008 

Kuti: Mosquito Song
Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, December 2008 

Trad, Arr. Linn Andrew Fuglseth: Folkefrelsar, til oss kom
Trio Mediaeval
Album: Folk Songs
ECM B0009888-02

Trad, Arr. Rusby: The Miner’s Dream of Home
Kate Rusby
Album: Sweet Bells
Pure Records PRCD28

Portuondo: Adios Felicidad
Omara Portuondo
Album: Gracias
World Village WVF001 479021

Long: We can't let you Broadcast That
Norman Long
Album: This Record is not to be Broadcast -75 Records banned by the BBC 
Acrobat Music Presents ACTRCD9015

Liebert/Freberg/Stone: John and Marsha
Stan Freberg
Album: This Record is not to be Broadcast -75 Records banned by the BBC 
Acrobat Music Presents ACTRCD9015

Trad, Arr. Whyton: Maggie May
Vipers Skiffle Group
Album: This Record is not to be Broadcast -75 Records banned by the BBC 
Acrobat Music Presents ACTRCD9015

A session by the new voice of Nigerian Afrobeat, Seun Kuti , son of Fela Kuti, performing with his late father's band Egypt 80. Producer Roger Short

Through the Night

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

Through the Night: 20/12/2008

20/12/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, 20/12/2008

Jonathan Swain presents music by Zelenski, Novak, Szymanowski, Schumann and Purcell.

Jonathan Swain presents music, including Zelenski, Novak, Kondracki, Szymanowski, Schumann, Purcell, Britten, Mozart, Chopin, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Grieg, Bach and Hummel.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Zelenski, Wladyslaw (1837-1921): In the Tatra Mountains, Op 27
1.16am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909): Morskie Oko, Op 19 - concert overture
1.31am
Novak, Vitezslav (1870-1949): In the Tatra M, Op 26 - symphonic poem
1.49am
Kondracki, Michal (1902-1984): Little Mountaineers' Symphony, Op 8 (Pictures on the Glass)
2.08am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): Violin Concerto No 2, Op 61
Jakub Jakowicz (violin)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Wojciech Michniewski (conductor)

2.31am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Kreisleriana, Op 16
Vesselin Stanev (piano)

3.00am
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Sonata No 7 in E minor for two violins and continuo, Z796
Simon Standage (violin)
Il Tempo

3.08am
Ockeghem, Johannes (c.1410-1497): De profundis clamavi for five voices
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)

3.15am
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Winter Words, Op 52
Philip Langridge (tenor)
David Owen Norris (piano)

3.34am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Sonata in G, K283
Marie Rorbech (piano)

3.47am
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 49 in F minor (La Passione)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

4.04am
Halvorsen, Johan (1864-1935): Norwegian Rhapsody No 1
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Ingar Bergby (conductor)

4.17am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer, Op 15
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

4.26am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Wer ist so wurdig als du, Wq 222
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Herman Max (conductor)

4.32am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata in D minor, Kk1
Mie Miki (accordion)

4.34am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827): Leonore Overture No 3, Op 72b
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

4.48am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), transcr. Liszt: Die Forelle, S564
Simon Trpceski (piano)

4.53am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in D for violin and orchestra, RV234 (l'Inquietudine)
Giuliano Carmignola (violin)
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

5.00am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Lyric Pieces (selection)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

5.13am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), compl. Kocsis: Rondo in E flat for horn and orchestra, K371
Laszlo Gal (horn)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Zoltan Kocsis (conductor)

5.20am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor for piano, Op 66
Dubravka Tomsic (piano)

5.26am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): Violin Concerto No 2, Op 61 (Allegramente)
Jakub Jakowicz (violin)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Wojciech Michniewski (conductor)

5.30am
Reutter, Johann Georg (1708-1772): Ecce quomodo moritur justus
Capella Nova Graz
Otto Kargl (conductor)

5.37am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
David MacDonald (organ)

5.47am
Bella, Jan Levoslav (1843-1936): Overture (Hermina im Venusberg)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
Stefan Robl (conductor)

5.55am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Variationen uber ein Zigeunerlied for piano, J219
Niklas Sivelov (piano)

6.01am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Magnificat in D, BWV243
Antonella Balducci (soprano)
Ulrike Clausen (alto)
Frieder Lang (tenor)
Fulvio Bettini (baritone)
Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio
Ensemble Vanitas Lugano
Diego Fasolis (conductor)

6.28am
Komorowski, Ignacy (1824-57), arr. Tadeusz Maklakiewicz: Kalina (The Cranberry Tree)
6.31am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909), arr. Tadeusz Maklakiewicz: Biale mgly (White Mist Patches)
Unnamed pianist
Polish Radio Choir
Marek Kluza (director)

6.34am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Mountain Dances (Halka)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Szymon Kawalla (conductor)

6.39am
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837): Piano Quintet in E flat major/minor, Op 87
Tobias Ringborg (violin)
Ingegard Kierkegaard (viola)
John Ehde (cello)
Hakan Ehren (double bass)
Stefan Lindgren (piano).

With Jonathan Swain. 
Zelenskl Overture: In the Tatras 1.16 Noskowskl Overture: Morskie Oko 1.31 Novak In the Tatras 1.49 Kondracki Little Mountaineers Symphony (Pictures on the Glass) 
2.08 Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 2 2.31 Schumann Kreisleriana , Op 16 3.00 Purcell Sonata No 7 in Eminor, 2796 
3.08 Ockeghem De Profundis Clamavi 3.15 Britten Winter Words 3.34 Mozart Piano Sonata in G, K283 3.47 Haydn Symphony No 49 in F minor (La Passione) 4.04 Halvorsen Norwegian Rhapsody No 14.17 Mendelssohn Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer, Op 15 4.26 CPE Bach Wer ist so wurdig als du, Wq222 432 D Scarlatti Sonata in D minor, KM 434 Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3 4.48 Schubert Die Forelle 4.53 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D. RV234 
(L'lnquietudine) 5.00 Grieq Lyric Pieces 5.13 
Mozart Rondo in E flat, K3715.20 Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu in Csharp minor, Op 66 5.26 Szymanowski Allegramente (Violin Concerto No 2) 5.30 Reutter Ecce Ouomodo 
Moritur Justus 5.37 Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV543 5.47 Bella Overture: Hermina im Venusberg 
5.55 Weber Variationen uber ein Zigeunerlied, Op 55 6.01 Bach Magnificat BWV243 6.28 Komorowski Kalina (The Cranberry Tree) 6.31 Noskowski Biale mgly (White Mist Patches) 6.34 Moniuszko Mountain Dances (Halka) 
6.39 Hummel Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 87

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